This free service may be more convenient than booking an appointment with your GP surgery or at a sexual health clinic. You can choose a time that suits you, and the service is free and confidential. Your pharmacist can give the same expert advice about selecting and managing your contraceptive pills as your GP surgery. You can talk to them one-to-one in a private consultation room.

Browns Pharmacy offer a private, confidential and anonymous consultation. Our pharmacist will advise you on the most appropriate emergency contraceptive option and offer any help or support that you may need. Emergency Hormonal Contraception, better known as the ‘morning after pill’, is one of the options used to prevent pregnancy when other methods of contraception, such as condoms, have failed.

• Emergency contraception is most effective the sooner it is taken, however, it can be taken up to 120 hours (5 days) after unprotected sex.


• Browns Pharmacy can provide emergency contraception free of charge through local NHS Services. This free service is dependent upon location and pharmacist availability.


• This is a ‘Walk in service’ with no appointment necessary

For more information visit the NHS website. 

Travel Clinic in the West Midlands & Leicestershire – Protect Yourself with Prescription Anti-Malarial Medication

At our travel clinics, located in both the West Midlands and Leicestershire, we prioritise your health and safety before you embark on your next adventure. Malaria is a serious risk in many parts of the world, but with the right precautions, it can be easily prevented. We offer expert advice and prescription anti-malarial medications to protect you during your travels to malaria-endemic areas.

Private Prescription Charge Applies to All Prescription Only Medicine
Please note that a private prescription charge applies to all Prescription Only Medicine. This fee covers the cost of the medication plus a dispensing fee.

Don’t Take Chances – Get Protected Today
Don’t leave your health to chance. Whether you’re traveling for business, leisure, or a special occasion, make sure you’re protected with the right anti-malarial medication. Visit us at our travel clinics in the West Midlands and Leicestershire for expert advice and prescriptions before you head out on your next journey.

Contact us today to book your appointment or to learn more about our anti-malarial prescription services. Let us help you travel safely and confidently.

Safe, effective, and medically supported starting from £79

At Browns Pharmacy, your health and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we’re proud to offer a private weight loss service in partnership with nuumad—providing safe, effective, and medically supported weight management tailored to you.

A Trusted Service Backed by Pharmacist Expertise

We understand that losing weight isn’t always straightforward. With our pharmacist-led service, you’ll receive ongoing support and, if suitable, access to prescription-only weight loss injections that are proven to help reduce appetite and support long-term lifestyle change.

With Browns Pharmacy and nuumad, you're in expert hands.

Why Choose This Service?

• Discreet and Convenient – Start with a discussion with the pharmacist in our private consultation room
  
  


• Professional Support – Every step reviewed and monitored by UK-registered healthcare professionals
  
  


• Trusted Partnership – Powered by nuumad, delivered by your local Browns Pharmacy team
  
  


• Tailored to You – We support you with personalised plans and regular progress reviews

How It Works

1. In-person Pharmacist Appointment
   Complete a consultation with a qualified pharmacist in our private consultation room
   
   


2. Expert Review
   A qualified pharmacist from Browns Pharmacy will issue any medication if suitable
   
   


3. Ongoing Support
   Get regular check-ins and guidance from the Browns Pharmacy team to keep you on track.

Is This Service Right for You?

This service may be suitable if you are:

• Aged 18–84
  
  


• Have a BMI of 30+
  
  


• Have a BMI of 27+ with a weight-related condition such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease. 

We recommend speaking with a member of our pharmacy team if you’re unsure whether this service is right for you.

Start Your Journey with Browns Pharmacy

Take control of your health with the support you deserve. Begin your private weight loss journey today—discreet, supportive, and focused on results.

The service allows our pharmacists to provide consultations to give advice and NHS-funded treatment (where clinically appropriate) for each of the following services:

• Sinusitus (12 years +)


• Sore Throat (5 years +)


• Acute Otitis Media (Infection of the middle ear) (1 -17 years)


• Infected Insect Bites (1 year +)


• Impetigo (1 year +)


• Shingles (18 years +)


• Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in women (16 - 64 years)

Consultations for these seven clinical pathways can be provided to patients presenting to the pharmacy as well as those referred by NHS 111, general practices and others.

For more information contact a Browns Pharmacy most convenient to you 

Register for 24 hour collection of NHS prescriptions

Modern life is busy & many patients can struggle to get to the pharmacy within normal opening hours. Our pharmacy on Dovehouse Parade, Solihull provides a 24/7 self service machine that allows you to collect prescriptions at a time that suits you. 

Simply register with the pharmacy at our Solihull branch to dispense your regular repeat NHS prescriptions, ask to become a MedPoint collection patient and you will receive a text containing a QR code and a pin, when your prescription is ready to be collected.

• Increased convenience – Improved patient experience with reduced queues and access to prescription collection 24 hours a day.


• Don’t need to move pharmacy – If your working hours change and you can no longer get to your pharmacy during our opening hours, you won’t need to move to another pharmacy.


• Reduced Waiting Times - Come at a time that suits you and scan the code getting your prescription quicker.

This service is FREE of charge and no appointment is necessary. Affecting seven million people and a leading cause of premature death in England, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels.

£9 billion per year is spent by the NHS on CVD and related conditions. The biggest risk factor for CVD and one of the top five risk factors for all premature death and disability in England is HYPERTENSION, more commonly known as high blood pressure.

High blood pressure is a common condition affecting roughly one in three UK adults, however, half of people with high blood pressure are not diagnosed or receiving treatment. As there are no symptoms, the only way to know if you have a high blood pressure is to get it measured.

Our pharmacies deliver quick and easy checks to help monitor your blood pressure. We will take a blood pressure reading in the privacy of a consultation room. The result will be given by the machine there and then and a pharmacist will go through the information with you about what that reading means and provide simple advice or a referral if the result is outside the normal range.

A raised blood pressure reading can indicate a serious risk to your health.

We have multiple clinics offering booked appointments to receive the coronavirus vaccine. It can take a few weeks for the vaccine to protect you.

For more information on booking an appointment click here

Community pharmacies delivered a record 4.8 million flu vaccinations last year alone, offering a quick and convenient alternative to visiting the GP. Our walk-in service can be used while you wait for your prescription. If you have a Flu Vaccination at Browns, the pharmacy will inform your GP so that your medical records can be updated.

Private Winter Flu Vaccinations (Only available at specific branches)
At Browns Pharmacy, we understand that it takes more than just vaccinating those at risk to ensure they are safe during the flu season. The more people who receive the vaccine, the greater our collective power of stopping it being passed on. Therefore, we also offer private flu vaccines for anyone who does not fall under a category to receive a FREE NHS flu vaccine. This is at a one off cost of £23

Don’t suffer from the flu this winter; protect yourself and those around you by getting a jab.

Our Inhaler Technique Check service is for any patient who has been prescribed an inhaler or who would like their inhaler technique reviewed. Our pharmacists can provide advice and training on how to ‘get the best’ from prescribed inhalers.

The Inhaler Technique Check is carried out with the patient in one of our pharmacies 

If you aren't able to get in store, why not check out some of the videos provided by Asthma UK [click here]

Our pharmacies are able to dispense your medication into a Monitored Dosage System (MDS), to help organise your medicines according to the day of the week and time of the day. A member of our dispensary team can assess whether this system would help, just contact us and ask our team about MDS today.

Browns Pharmacy offer the following choices to help make it easier for you to take your medicines correctly.

The New Medicine Service is a free NHS service, that lets Browns Pharmacy help you with your new medicine. Between 30% and 50% of prescribed medicines are not taken as recommended, preventing these patients from receiving the full benefit of their treatment.

The service gives you:

• More information about the new medicine you are taking


• A chance to ask questions about your medicine and discuss any concerns


• Supports you through the first few weeks of taking the new medicine

For more information please visit the NHS website 

If you, or anyone you know needs help with alcohol abuse or recreational drugs our pharmacists and their teams can provide the following confidential services in conjunction with a local NHS Drug and Alcohol Service.

Needle exchange service
People who inject drugs can cause themselves harm from the injecting process. Browns Pharmacy provide a judgement-free needle exchange service supplying free injecting equipment.

• Reducing the risk of catching infections, such as HIV and Hepatitis B or C


• Providing you with information on how to inject safely

Dispensing and supervised consumption service
Our supervised consumption service helps you to stabilise on a treatment programme using prescribed medicines.

Referral
Our pharmacy teams have plenty of experience but are also able to put you in touch with organisations that can offer further support and information including AQUARIUS, FRANK and the NHS.